You can test this by entering the URL into your web browser (be sure to replace
‘YOUR_API_KEY’ with your actual API key).
The response includes a human-readable address for the latitude and longitude
location.

Authentication, quotas, pricing, and policies

Activate the API and get an API key

To use the Geocoding API, you must first activate the API in the
Google Cloud Platform Console and obtain the proper authentication credentials. You need to
provide an API key in each request (or a
client ID if you have a
Premium Plan).

Quotas and pricing

Policies

Learn more

There’s more you can do with the Geocoding API. See the
Geocoding API developer guide for additional demos,
examples, available parameters, status codes and error messages, and other details.

The
Geocoding API developer guide describes the
Geocoding API web service. It is intended for website and mobile developers
who want to use geocoding data within maps provided by one of the Google Maps Platform
APIs.